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Implement well-architected Google Cloud NetApp Volumes configurations

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NetApp helps you implement best practices for your Google Cloud NetApp Volumes storage pools using configuration analysis insights and recommendations. You can review the well-architected status, learn about issues with your configurations, and get recommendations to improve the architecture of any storage pools that aren't optimized for reliability, security, efficiency, performance, and cost.

Learn about the configuration analysis and well-architected status.

About this task

NetApp analyzes your Google Cloud NetApp Volumes storage pool configurations every day. The daily analysis provides the well-architected status, and insights and recommendations to help you understand configuration issues so that your storage pools meet best practices.

Link or Console agent connectivity lets Workload Factory complete a comprehensive scan of your file systems for issues with performance, data protection, and configurations. As a result, you receive accurate insights and recommendations for optimizing your Google Cloud NetApp Volumes storage pools.

Storage configuration requirements vary. You can dismiss the analysis of specific configurations that don't apply to your storage environment. Dismissing configurations that don't apply helps you avoid unnecessary alerts and inaccurate optimization results.

After the daily analysis completes, the well-architected dashboard displays the total number of well-architected resources, the number of resources in a critical state, and the number of resources in a warning state. Configurations are categorized by the pillars of the well-architected framework: reliability, operational excellence, cost optimization, performance efficiency, and security. The dashboard also includes a table that lists all configurations. For each configuration, the table shows:

  • The well-architected status

  • The severity

  • The category

  • The resource type (volume or storage pool)

  • Impacted resources

  • The option to view the recommendation when the configuration isn't optimized

Before you begin

View recommendations for configuration issues

You can view recommendations for configuration issues after the daily analysis completes. Recommendations explain best practices and potential risks of unoptimized configurations. You can also download a CSV file of the recommendations.

Steps

  1. Log in to the NetApp Console.

  2. From the NetApp Console menu, select Workloads and then Well-architected.

  3. From the Well-architected dashboard, select View for any configuration.

    Optionally, select A screenshot of the download icon to download a CSV file of the recommendations for all configurations.

  4. Review the recommendation.

Dismiss a configuration analysis

Stop a configuration analysis for a Google Cloud NetApp Volumes storage pool or for selected volumes. You can restart the analysis when needed.

Dismiss a configuration analysis for a storage pool
Steps

  1. Log in to the NetApp Console.

  2. From the NetApp Console menu, select Workloads and then Well-architected.

  3. From the Well-architected dashboard, select View for any configuration.

  4. Under Configurations, identify the configuration that doesn't apply to your environment and then select Dismiss.

  5. In the Dismiss configuration dialog, select Dismiss to stop the configuration analysis.

Dismiss a configuration analysis for a volume
Steps

  1. Log in to the NetApp Console.

  2. From the NetApp Console menu, select Workloads and then Well-architected.

  3. From the Well-architected dashboard, select View for any configuration.

  4. Under Configurations, identify the configuration to dismiss for selected volumes and then select View.

  5. Identify the volumes to dismiss from the configuration analysis.

    • For one volume: select the actions menu and then select Dismiss volume.

    • For multiple volumes: select the volumes and then select Dismiss next to Bulk action.

  6. Select Dismiss to stop the analysis for the configuration.

  7. In the Dismiss volumes dialog, select Dismiss to confirm.

Result

The configuration analysis stops for the storage pool or selected volumes.

You can reactivate the analysis at any time.

Reactivate a dismissed configuration analysis

Reactivate a dismissed configuration analysis at any time. You can select one or more configurations to reactivate.

Reactivate a configuration analysis for a storage pool
Steps

  1. Log in to the NetApp Console.

  2. From the NetApp Console menu, select Workloads and then Well-architected.

  3. Select Dismissed configurations.

  4. Identify the configuration you want to reactivate and select Reactivate.

Reactivate a configuration analysis for a volume
Steps

  1. Log in to the NetApp Console.

  2. From the NetApp Console menu, select Workloads and then Well-architected.

  3. Select Dismissed configurations.

  4. Identify the volumes to reactivate from the configuration analysis.

    • For one volume: select the actions menu and then select Reactivate volume.

    • For multiple volumes: select the volumes and then select Reactivate next to Bulk action.

Result

The system reactivates the configuration analysis. A new analysis occurs daily.